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Qualification of tumour mutational burden by targeted next-generation sequencing as a biomarker in hepatocellular carcinoma.
Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver - 1 Jan 2021
Wong Ching Ngar, Fessas Petros, Dominy Kathy, Mauri Francesco A, Kaneko Takahiro, Parcq Persephone Du, Khorashad Jamshid, Toniutto Pierluigi, Goldin Robert D, Avellini Claudio, Pinato David J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Tumour mutational burden (TMB) predicts improved response and survival to immunotherapy. In this pilot study, we optimized targeted next-generation sequencing (tNGS) to estimate TMB in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). METHODS: We sequenced 48 non-paired samples (21 fresh-frozen [FF] and 27 paraffin-embedded [FFPE]), among which 11 FFPE samples were pretreated with uracil-DNA glycosylase (UDG)....
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